Setting up of a pilot network in order to encourage and actively support partnership building in addition to the documentation and dissemination of traditional and local knowledge, know-how and practices; Establishment of the conditions for the implementation of a network of experts and institutions between the Parties to the Convention which will draw up the inventory on TKIT, adopt and disseminate them; Sharing of methodologies of research, study and classification of TKIT; training of the personnel of different countries to collect inventories, to disseminate the TKIT, and their innovative use for the combat against desertification; Implementation of Internet stations wherever necessary in order to facilitate communication and to strengthen networking and exchanges among various organizations and regions; Creation of a public multilingual internet database and accompanying CD ROM entitled `Traditional Knowledge and its Innovative Use', to be distributed among experts from countries affected by drought and/or desertification, thus encouraging the transfer of appropriate and environmentally sound technologies and know-how while promoting the exchange of experiences; Setting up of eligibility criteria for network members as well as their rights and duties.
La creación de una red experimental para alentar y apoyar activamente la colaboración, además de la documentación y difusión de los conocimientos, técnicas y prácticas tradicionales y locales.